Drip-coffee pot



RRIBBEOK.

DRIP COFFEE POT. Y v No. 346,774. Patented Aug. v3, 1886.-

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UNITED STATES l PATENT @Errea FERDINAND RIBBEOK, OF NElv IBERIA,LOUISIANA.

qDRIP`COFFEE POT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lette-rs Patent No.346,'774, dated August3, I 886.

Application filed March 31, 188G. Serial No. 197,356. (No model.)

To all whom t may concer-n:

Be it known that I, FERDINAND RIBEEOK, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New Iberia, in the parish of Iberia and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDrip-Coffee Pots and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention,

which will enable others skilled in the, art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification,

land in which- Hsponding parts in both the figures.

My invention has relation to that class ofcof- 'Pee-pots in which thewater is filtered through the coffee, causing all the strength of thecoffee to be carried out of it by the water; and it consists in theimproved construction and combination of parts of a pot in which avessel for boiling the Water has a perforated coffee- .receptacle at itstop, to the end of which re ceptacle a vessel for the reception of theready coffee is attached, so that after boiling the water the apparatusis inverted, and the water will pass through the coffee into thereceptacle for the made coffeeextract, as hereinafter more fullydescribed and clai med.

In the accompanying drawings, the letterA indicates the boilingvessel,which vessel is cone-shaped,and provided with a suitable handle, B, andwith a screw-threaded neck, C. A-

correspondingly-shaped cap, D, fit-s around the sides of theboiling-vessel, and has an interior screw-thread, Il, into which thescrew-threadedneck of the boiling-vessel may fit, and the cap isprovided at its apex with a neck, F, having a strainer, G, at thethreaded portion, and aremovable strainer-cap, H, at the other end, thesaid strainer-cap being secured upon said neck. A tapering tube, J, issecured at its wider end to the strainer G, and has a basket, K, formedover the wide aperture,which basket confines a ball, L, which fits uponthe said wide end of the tube, closing the same when the pot is invertedto pass the water through the coffee, thus preventing any Water passingfrom A to C through the steam-tube J. A

curved handle, M, is secured at its upper end to the funnelshapedportion of the cap, and has a projecting lip, N, at its other end. Thepot O, for the reception of the made coffeeextract, is alsofunnel-shaped or conical, and' is provided with a curved handle, Q, andwith a spout, R, and a neck or tube, I, projects from the apex of theconical pot and fits around the tubular neck of the funnel-shaped cap.The side of the neck of the pot is provided with au ear, S,into whichthclip ofthe handle upon the funnel-shaped cap may fit.

It will now be seen that the strainer-cap may be removed from the endofthe neck of the fu nnel-shaped cap and the neck filled with groundcoffee, whereupon the cap may be again secured upon the neck, and thefunnel-shaped cap may be screwed over the screw-threaded neck of theboiler containing the water. rlhe pot may be secured with its neck overthe neck of the funnel-shaped cap, and the boiler lnay be placed overafirc. The ball willdrop down from the wide aperture of the taperingtube, and as soon as the water in the boiler begins to boil the steamwill pass up through the tapering tube and pass out through the spout ofthe pot. The entire apparatus may now be inverted, and thewaterwill thusflow from the boiler through the strainer into the receptacle for thecoffee,\vhere it will draw out all the strength of the coffee and passthrough the strainer-cap into the pot, from which it may be poured outfor consumption.

The daring part of the funnel-shaped cap provides for catching andreturning to the ya@ f neck of said cap any water which may escapethrough the point of union between the boiler and said neck when thc potis inverted. It also serves for a funnel when it is desired to removethe boiler and pour hot water from some other vessel through the groundcoffee in the neck of said funnel-shaped cap. It will thus be seen thatthe coffee is not boiled from the ground coffee, and the entireapparatus will boil the water and make the coffee without any otherattention being necessary than to watch when the water is boiling and toinvert the apparatus, when the coffee will strain itself, and be readyfor drinking as soon as passed through the neck holding the groundcoffee.

For the purpose of holding the several parts of the apparatus together,the funnel-shaped cap is provided with a hook, T, which may engage thehandle of the pot, keeping the portions of the entire apparatustogether.

Having thus described my invention,I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination of apot having aspout at one side and having a neck at its top, an ear Secured to saidneck, a coffee-r`eceptacle having a strainer and a funnel-shaped flangeat one end and a strainer-cap at the other, and a handle secured to saidange, and having a lip at its lower end to fit into said ear,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a dripco3ffee pot, the combination of a boiler having a neck atits top, and having a suitable handle, a coffee-receptacle tting withone end removably upon the neck of the boiler, and having a taperingsteam-escape tube passing through it, provided with a valve openingtoward the boiler, and having strainers at the ends, and a p ot having aspout, and having a neck at its top for the reception ,of

one end of the coffee-receptacle, as and forthe purpose shown and setforth. l

3. In a drip-coffee pot, the combination of a conical boiler having ascrew-threaded neck at its apex, and provided with a handle, acylindrical celibe-receptacle having a strainer and a funnel-shaped angeat one end, and a strainer-cap screwed upon the other end, a pot havingaspout, and provided with a cylindrical neck iitting over thecoffee-receptacle, and formed with a handle, an ear at the side of theneck, a handle secured by one end to the flange of thecollec-receptacle, and having a lip formed atits other end, and a hooksecured to said flange, as and for the purpose shown and set forth. 4

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto aixcdmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

FERDINAND RIBBEOK.

Vitnesses:

EMILE RIBBEGK, JOSEPH A. REEANs.

Afdavt having been filed showing that the name of the patentee inLetters Patent- No. 846,774, granted August 3, 1886, for an improvementin Drip Coffee Pots,77 should have been Written and printed FerdinandRt'bbcck instead of Ferdinand Ribbeok,7 it is hereby certified that theproper correction has been made in the files 'and recordset" the Veasein the Patent Office, and should be read in the said Letters Patent thatthe same may conform thereto.

Signed, eountersigned, and sealed this 7th day of September, A. D. 1886.

{SEAL} D. L. HAWKINS,

Acting Secretary of the Interior.

Gountersigned R. B. VANCE,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

